Serra Zealot
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28901
Serra Zealot is a 1/1 first strike for one white mana — functional, forgettable, and almost never the right call. The body is too small to matter and the effect too narrow to justify a slot in anything beyond the most dedicated white weenie swarm list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Serra Zealot competes against an enormous pool of one-drop white creatures that either produce tokens, gain life in bulk, or enable synergies — and it beats almost none of them on those terms. Pauper is the only format where Serra Zealot has any realistic standing, and even there it's a fringe inclusion in aggressive white weenie shells where first strike on a one-drop occasionally matters in a race. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the card simply isn't good enough for those environments. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the slot is too precious.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Serra Zealot is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: demand is negligible and supply is not going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.